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Arts and Social Transformation Lab
For the second year the Living Room invited artists, art educators, researchers, and cultural practitioners to join a five-day laboratory on art and social transformation. The laboratory is designed as a learning and experimenting space for 12 participants to discuss and develop artistic practices engaging with displaced communities, encouraging them to take control of their…
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sub-Project Armenia
This sub-project examines how Armenian artists and cultural workers navigate and respond to the long-standing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. As the geopolitical landscape continuously shifts due to the evolving nature of the conflict, this study prioritizes empirical input to capture the lived realities of artists engaged in this complex socio-political context. Conducted…
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For This Dance I will Take the lead
“For This Dance I will Take the Lead” is a participatory performance conceptualised by the artist Tellervo Kalleinen in cooperation with the choreographer Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan. The project took place in the Living Room in January 2025 and involved a small group of young Armenians who share the life experience of being too often led by…
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The research project featured in “Horizonte. Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin”
Jörg Scheller spoke with the Swiss National Science Foundation’s magazine about our research in (Central) Eastern Europe: “When people can openly address conflicts and criticise them, then things are generally more peaceful there than elsewhere.” Link to the article